The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-19

TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.

The retail price of coal was advanced so cents,
last night, by the New York dealers.
Capt Thomas c. Ring. an old and wealthy
citizen of Newburg, y. Y. was bunkoed out of
Sc. 600 in that city, yesterday, by means of the
old lottery dodge.
Two cases of fever were reported from
Tampa, Fla yesterday. There is only
case of sickness now in old Tampa-the Mayor,
who Is cOnvalescing.
1t is reported at Fort Worth that Indians are
burning the Oklahoma country. No cause is
assigned for the alleged outbreak. The suppo-
sition is that there is an uprising against
boomers
The last of the steamer Alesia's italian immi-
grants were landed and released yesterday. and
the port of New York is declared by the quara1-
tine commissioners to be wholly free of any
sign of cholera.
In the United States Circuit Court at Calves
ton, Tex, yesterday, judgments We're entered
against the city of Houston aggregating SIT, 700,
accrued interest bonds issued during the days
of reconstruction.
Three New Workers. were arrested at Newark
y. j., yesterday, for selling copies of Wednes-
days New YORK Telegram, which contained fac
SMILES of the pictures recently seized by An
thony Comstock as obscene
The name of DR.. Drunmond. the famous
scientist of the University of Edinburgh. is
mentioned as the choice OF an influential portion
president of Princeton University.
Ellen Quinn a dssipated woman, was found
murdered in unoccupied house on Tucker
street, Trenton, \. j., yesterday afternoon
She had evidently been dead some time. James
Mcdonald, tramp, has been arrested as the
probable murderer.
The propeller Pacific stranded yesterday
twenty miles west of White Fish point, Lake
Superior She was undertaken and bound
down The Pacific built in Cleveland in
1864, and was valued at so 000 She was owned
BY Cook & Wilson, of Michigan City.
A shooting ARRAY occurred yesterday in
saloon at Glenwood Springs, Col. between
Frank Smith and Charles Baker gamblers
Smith will die. During the shooting, a by
stander named James Mattison was instantly
killed by stray bullet Baker is in jail.
Joseph Marx, banker and prominent bust
ness man of Texarkana. Tex, was taken to Gal
weston, yesterday, charged with forging the
names of two well-known merchants of Texark-
to 50, 600 note which was negotiated in
Galveston. Marx gave bond for his appearance
Deputy United States Marshal George Jacks
of Muskegon, who is at Grand Rapids Mich,
attending the United States Court was arrested
laz1 night, charged with robbing several Muske-
gon stores. A quantity of the missing goods
including forty rolls of cloth and several clocks
were found in his room
Engineer Roman and an unknown brakeman
Of the crew of train No. 16, the Chesapeake
Ohio Il Southwestern railroad. We're killed by an
accident on that line. near Paducah. KY, yester-
day morning. The engine precipitated into
a creek bed from trestle, the supports of which
nad burned away. The conductor and another
brakeman were seriously injured. The manager
of the road reports great difficulty IL keeping
other trestle-work the line safe from fire,
owing TO the protraeted drought.